Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed by Doran, Christopher

Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745332222)

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Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed by Doran, Christopher

Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed

$37.00
Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed by Doran, Christopher

Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed

$37.00
Format: Paperback
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The Iraq war defined the first decade of the twenty-first century - leading to mass protests and raising profound questions about domestic politics and the use of military force. Yet most explanations of the war have a narrow focus either on political personalities or oil. Christopher Doran provides a unique perspective, arguing that the drive to war came from the threat Iraq might pose to American economic hegemony if the UN sanctions regime was ended. Doran argues that this hegemony is rooted in third world debt and corporate market access. It was protection of these arrangements that motivated US action, not Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction or a simplistic desire to seize its oil. This book will provide new insights on the war which still casts a shadow over global politics, and will have wide appeal to all those concerned about the Middle East, world peace and global development.

Author: Christopher Doran
ISBN-10: 0745332226
ISBN-13: 9780745332222
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2012
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.90d
By Christopher Doran
By Christopher Doran
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Christopher Doran teaches in the department of labor studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and the department of Political Sociology at Indiana University, Columbus. He is a long-time activist, teacher and writer. His research focuses on the relationship between corporations and democracy, in particular the legal right of corporations to influence political decision-making.

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